
A proposed $250 million reduction for cyber security efforts in the fiscal year 2021 budget request for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is in part due to the fact that there will be less need for election security funding next year given that it is an off-year for major elections, the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday. Secretary Chad Wolf noted that a congressional plus-up to the FY ’20 CISA budget is being…